Card-rack.



F. X. KRABAGH.

CARD RACK.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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FRANK X. KRABAGH, OF FORT WAYNE,v INDIANA.

CARD-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. July 2, 1908.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908. Serial No. M1582.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK X. KRABAGH, citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Card-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to card racks; and it has for its object to provide a simple and compact rack, possessed of large capacity and adapted to hold and display to advantage picture postal cards and analogous articles.

With the foregoing in mind the nature of the invention and its novelty, utility and practical advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrative of a card rack constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, central section showing the cards in the compart ments provided therefor. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section illustrative of the manner in which a common element is utilized to connect the intermediate portion of one compartment rod and the lower end of another compartment rod to one of the crossbars of the rack frame.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, re ferring to which:

A is the frame of my novel rack which is preferably made of wood and in the form illustrated, though it may be made of any other material and in any other form consonant with the purpose of my invention without involving departure from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims appendedj As shown, the frame A comprises side bars a, a bottom cross-bar b, a top crossbar 0 and intermediate cross-bars d; the latter being preferably set and secured in re cesses e in the back edges of the side bars a for a purpose which will be presently made clear. Connected at'their lower ends to the bottom frame bar I) at intermediate points in the length thereof are the lower ends of rods f. 'Ihese rods f are referably formed of wire, of suitable caliber, and from their points of connection to the bar 6 they extend upwardly to points slightly below the horizontal plane of the lowermost intermediate cross-bar d where they are carried laterally outward to the side bars a to which their upper ends are fixedly connected by tacks g or other suitable means. From this it will be understood that the rods f form the front of the lowermost card-receiving compartment of the rack. The rods f are connected to the face of the bottom frame bar 6, and to the back of said frame bar I) are connected the lower ends of comparatively long rods it. These long rods h are arranged intermediate the side bars a of the frame, and from their points of connection to the bar b they extend upwardly in front of the lowermost intermediate cross-bar d to a point slightly below the horizontal plane of the second intermediate cross-bar d at which point they are carried laterally outward and their upper ends are connected to the faces of the side bars a by tacks i or other suitable means. It will be manifest from the foregoing that the rods h form the back of the lowermost card-receiving compartment of the rack, and that when said rods h are connected to the face of the lowermost intermediate cross-bar d, they are adapted to form the front of the second card-receiving compartments from the bottom of the rack. The connection of the said rods h to said cross-bar d may be accomplished in any approved manner, though I prefer to employ for the purpose header tacks which are driven through the bar (Z from the back thereof, and have their forward ends soldered or otherwise fixedly connected to the rods h. See particularly Fig. 3 of the drawings.

It will be noted at this point that the bottom frame bar 1) forms the bottom of the lowermost card-receiving compartment, and the lowermost intermediate cross-bar d forms the bottom of the second card-receiving compartment from the bottom; also, that while the lowermost ortions of the rods 7t form the back of the lbwermost compartment, the upper portions of said rods h form the front of the second compartment. The back of the second. card-receiving compartment from the bottom of the rack is formed by rods 7L These rods 72/3 are located intermediate the side bars a of the frame A and are connected at their lower ends to the lower intermediate cross-bar (Z at the back thereof through the medium of the heads of the tacks From their points of connection to the lower intermediate bar at the rods h are carried upwardly in front of and past the u pper intermediate cross-bar (Z to a point slightly below the horizontal plane of the top frame bar 0, at which point they are carried laterally outward and their'upper ends are connected by .tacks is or other suitable means to the side bars a of frame A. The upper portions of the rods h form the front of the third or upper card-receiving compartment of the rack, and the bottom of said upper compartment is formed by the upper intermediate cross-bar d to which the rods 7L3 are connected in the same manner that the rods h are connected to the lower intermediate cross-bar di. 6., through the medium of tacks j. The back of the upper card -receiving compartment is formed by rods Z which are connected at their lower ends to the heads of the upper tacks j and are connected at their upper ends by tacks m to the face of the top frame bar 0.

At this point I desire it understood that while I have elected to show the rack as comprising but three card-receiving compartments, the rack may be made any height and may comprise as many compartments, one above the other, as desired; also, that without involving departure from the scope of my invention, two or more vertical series of the compartments may be grouped in a single rack.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the utilization of the rods h and k to form the backs of compartments and the fronts of other compartments above the first mentioned compartments, contributes materially to the simplicity, cheapness and compactness of the device; also, that the compartments are so constructed and relatively arranged that practically all of the faces of the cards in the compartments are exposed and the cards are displayed to the best advantage. It will further be noted that the upper portions of the rods h and 7t3 serve to guide cards into the compartments and also out of the same, with the result that a person is enabled to expeditiously and easily place cards in and remove cards from the rack without entailing scratching or other marring of the cards. In this connection it will be noticed that the side bars a form side walls of each of the com artments and extend above the bottom wal of the next upper compartment and rest in front of the rods forming the front wall of said upper compartment. This is advantageous in that incident to dropping a bunch of unevenly arranged cards in one of the compartments, the said side bars extending above said compartment and in front of the rods forming the front wall of the next upper compartment, serve to assist in guiding the bunch of cards into the first mentioned compartment.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a rack for cards, the combination with a frame comprising upright bars and spaced cross-bars, of rods located intermediate the upright bars and connected at their lower ends to the back of a cross-bar and also connected at an intermediate point of their length to the face of a second crossbar disposed above the first named crossbar and having lateral, outwardly directed arms at their upper ends connected to the faces of the side bars of the frame at a considerable distance above the second named cross-bar, whereby said rods form the back of a lower compartment and the front of an upper compartment, and other rods connected with the frame and forming the front of the first named compartment, and other rods connected with the frame and forming the back of the second named or upper compartment.

2. In a rack for cards, the combination with a frame comprising u right bars and spaced cross-bars, of rods ocated intermediate the upright bars and connected at their lower ends to the back of a cross-bar and extending considerably above a second and upper cross-bar and having lateral outwardly directed arms at their upper ends connected to the faces of the side bars of the frame; said rods being disposed in front of the second crossbar, whereby the rods form the back of a lower compartment and the front of an upper compartment, headed tacks extending through the second crossbar from the back thereof and connected at their forward ends to the rods at an intermediate point in the length thereof, other rods connected with the frame and forming the front of the lower compartment, and other rods connected by said tacks with the second cross-bar and forming the back of the upper compartment;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK X. KRABACH. Witnesses:

GEO. K. TORRENOE, SOPHIE PAHL. 

